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What's a Wreck?

A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.

"Did somebody say 3D? Make that 4D, because I QUADRUPLE DOMINATE you, Ironman! I am A) the leader of an alien robot race, B) rocking a body transformed from a friggin' semi-truck, and C) made of 100% edible deliciousness that is D) sculpted into a free-standing 3D-cake man-machine!!

"Plus, look at my cute lil' wipers!"

Don't worry; Optimus Prime is only joking. Superheroes don't really fight amongst themselves! In fact, they're far more likely to work together for the common good/deliciousness:

I think my favorite thing about this cake - aside from the insanely detailed Incredible family with their tiny little Incredible phone - is that this was for a 30-year-old man's birthday. Way to stay young at heart, my friend!

That's all for now! Have a SUPER day, everyone! And insert your favorite superhero catchphrase here:

(Here's mine: SHAZAM!)

Have a Sweet to nominate? Then send it to Sunday Sweets (at) Cake Wrecks (dot) com.

Note from Jen: Hey professional bakers! We're still looking for volunteers for about half the stops on our upcoming book tour. So, if you live near one of the cities listed over there in the sidebar -->, and you're willing to bake a cake (wreck or Sweet - your choice!) for your fellow wreckies, please e-mail me! It's a great way to advertise to local cake lovers, and the most fun you can legally have while serving cake in a bookstore. Promise.

Reader Comments (63)

Thank you so much for including my Spider-man cake on this installment of Sunday Sweets. It is one of my favorite 3-D character cakes. Just wait until someone sends in the Storm trooper mask I did a few months ago.Keep up the hilariously good work!

@justme, not having a superpower does NOT disqualify Bats from being a superhero. He is a superhero in the sense that he fights crime and takes on bad guys normal law enforcement can't even begin to tackle.

Now please don't turn this into a thread of nitpicking over what is really a minor detail. Part of what makes Batman a superhero is that he DOESN'T have superpowers. Which makes him even MORE bada**!

I have to say that my favorite superhero catchphrase isn't really a catchphrase at all, but rather a line from the Green Lantern movie this year:

'Hal Jordan: "Speak the oath. The oath - because everybody knows the oath. I, Hal Jordan, do solemnly swear, to pledge allegiance to a lantern that I got from a dying, purple alien. To infinity and beyond? By the power of GreySkull'".

All of these cakes are awesome, cudoos to all of the bakers, but especially to "Chocmocakes", your Hulk brought actual tears to my eyes when I saw the nips. OMG! Too funny! I, liked it when he "Hulked Out". Speaking of Hulk, does baby Hulk have a mustach or is his mouth black? That cake is too cute and I love how they made the birthday boy "Eran" into a superhero and put him on top! I don't know if that was the baker, "We Want Cake" or the person who ordered it, but it is precious.

Also, I don't think it is sueable when the customer orders a "custom character" cake and the baker designs one.

How do you cut the Optimus Prime standing cake without laying it down? Cut off a hand, then an arm, then his head...